Vitebsk Raion
Віцебскі раён / Витебский район |
| — District — |
Flag |
Coat of arms |
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Location within the voblast |
| Country |
 Belarus |
| Voblast |
 Vitebsk |
| Seat |
Vitebsk |
| Municipalities |
Total 44 + Vitebsk |
| Area |
| • Total |
2,800 km2 (1,100 sq mi) |
| Population (2006) |
| • Total |
42,000 |
| • Density |
Bad rounding here15/km2 (Bad rounding here39/sq mi) |
| Governor |
? |
| Website |
Official website |
Vitebsk Raion (Belarusian: Віцебскі раён, Russian: Витебский район) is a second-level administrative subdivision (raion) of Belarus in the Vitebsk Voblast.
The administrative seat is the city of Vitebsk, administratively separated from the raion. The most populated town of the raion itself is Ruba.
Geography [edit]
Situated in the eastern side of its Voblast and crossed by the Vitba river; Vitebsk Raion borders, from north to south, with the districts of Haradok, Shumilina, Beshankovichy, Syanno and Liozna. In the eastern side it borders with the Russian Oblasts, from south to north, of Smolensk and Pskov.
Subdivision [edit]
The district is divided into 8 rural councils (selsoviets) and 45 municipalities (including Vitebsk).[1]
Rural councils [edit]
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Municipalities [edit]
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References [edit]
External links [edit]
Media related to Vitebsk Raion at Wikimedia Commons
Coordinates: 55°11′N 30°10′E / 55.183°N 30.167°E / 55.183; 30.167
Belarus
Vitebsk
Media related to Vitebsk Raion at Wikimedia Commons
